By Aondosoo Labe | @WASHStories |
Jaba Local Government Area of
Kaduna State has been declared Open Defecation Free (ODF). This was
communicated in a letter dated October 30, 2020, from the Federal Ministry of
Water Resources.
In
the letter addressed to the General Manager, Kaduna State Rural Water Supply
and Sanitation Agency; it was stated that the declaration was made following
due consideration of the report of the validation exercise carried out by the
National Task Group on Sanitation (NTGS) from 7th to 17th October 2020, in Jaba
Local Government Area of the state – which was earlier validated by UNICEF to
have attained UNICEF ODF status.
As
the first ODF local government area in the state, successes recorded in Jaba
are part of steps taken by the Kaduna State Government to achieve state-wide
ODF status – which culminated in the declaration of a state of emergency on
water and sanitation in July this year.
It
was also recommended in the validation letter that ODF celebration should be
held on November 19, which is World Toilet Day.
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